Augusta Read Thomas, Reasons to be Pretty, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band among the long list of events on Walton Arts Center's calendar.
Ozarks At Large
Magnetic fire flies or magnetic fireflies? -- Augusta Read Thomas' world-premiere performance tomorrow promises to be stunningly imaginative.
On this spring fundraising edition of Ozarks at Large, federal aid for the Razorback Regional Greenway is reinstated, W. Dale Warren gives a sneak peek into next week's University of Arkansas Concert Bands' performances, and teen-duo Strawberry Swing performs in KUAF's Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.Arts Live Theater's "The Secret Garden" opens tonight and another performance of Fort Smith Little Theater's "Sex Please, We're Sixty."
W. Dale Warren, director of Concert Bands and Associate Professor of Music in the University of Arkansas Department of Music, has a rundown of the University of Arkansas Concert Bands' next week's performances.
On this spring fundraising edition of Ozarks at Large, Grammy-nominated musician John Two Hawks performs in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio and the much-debated issue of redistricting looks closer to a resolution. Wayne Bell discusses local blogs and their appeal, and jazz entertainer Barbara Mashburn discusses her scholarship foundation's annual fundraiser.Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com talks about local blogs and how they've affected the consumption of local information by Northwest Arkansans.
Grammy Nominated Indigenous musician John Two Hawks is hosting “Honoring Our Native Ways'” taking place Saturday April 16th at the Marriot Hotel in Tulsa. Appearing with him will be Yankton Sioux artist Joseph Chamberlain, designated the 2011 Pendleton Legendary Blanket artist. Both met with Jacqueline Froelich in our performance studio.Fayetteville chef William McCormick of Farrell's Lounge and restaurateur Jerrmy Gawthrop of Greenhouse Grille talk about participating in Walton Arts Center's Chopped in the Ozarks competition. The event will begin at 6 p.m. today in Starr Theater.
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Friday, January 10, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks…the 2013 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card has numbers, plenty of numbers, relating to 17 public school districts in Washington and Benton Counties. We'll talk to Gary Ritter, the director of the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas about the report. And the three-person band The Room Outside plays inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. We'll also talk to Michael Tilley from The City Wire about the week’s news and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers about the upcoming weekend’s entertainment opportunities.
A new book expands the understanding of Mexico's indigenous people and their interactions with Europeans over the past several centuries.
Arkansas Lottery Officials update the Legislative Oversight Committee on decreasing lottery revenue. A group advocates at the state capitol for fairer tax laws, and the Ben Geren Aquatics Center moves forward as the first construction bids will soon be awarded.
"Wonderful Unknown" by Ingrid Michaelson (featuring Greg Laswell)
The designation for a stretch of highway in Arkansas is changing to Interstate 49.
Before the Amazeum broke ground on a permanent space this morning, we visit their tinkering studio to learn through experience.
"Appreciated" by Rixton
